http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.36778&rws=%2Fmadlib%2Fmusic-videos.rssThough he'd made guest appearances with West Coast indie stalwarts Tha Alkoholics, most people first noticed Madlib when his group Lootpack released <I>Soundpieces: Da Antidote</I> in 1999. Madlib's rickety lo-fi productions were looser and funkier variations on the jazzy hip-hop pioneered by his NYC producers, but it wasn't until <I>The Unseen</I> dropped in 2000 that Madlib's M.O. became apparent. Released under the Quasimoto moniker, <I>The Unseen</I> was a concept album based on a helium-voiced hedonist who enjoyed "astro traveling." It was equal parts Prince Paul, Sun Ra and Cheech Marin, and remains among the most inventive hip-hop albums ever made. Madlib would continue to follow his weird muse unbridled by either commercial interest or fan expectations. In the past eight years, he recorded numerous jazz albums under different aliases, collaborated with J Dilla on <I>Champion Sound</I>, recorded a broken-beat album under the moniker DJ Rels, reworked both the Blue Note and Trojan catalogs, linked up with MF Doom for <I>Madvillainy</I> and recorded two widely acclaimed instrumental hip-hop albums. Madlib continues to push boundaries. - Sam ChennaultIndie Rap/Hip-Hopen720Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:00:11 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.36778&rws=%2Fmadlib%2Fmusic-videos.rss Though he'd made guest appearances with West Coast indie stalwarts Tha Alkoholics, most people first noticed Madlib when his group Lootpack released <I>Soundpieces: Da Antidote</I> in 1999. Madlib's rickety lo-fi productions were looser and funkier variations on the jazzy hip-hop pioneered by his NYC producers, but it wasn't until <I>The Unseen</I> dropped in 2000 that Madlib's M.O. became apparent. Released under the Quasimoto moniker, <I>The Unseen</I> was a concept album based on a helium-voiced hedonist who enjoyed "astro traveling." It was equal parts Prince Paul, Sun Ra and Cheech Marin, and remains among the most inventive hip-hop albums ever made. Madlib would continue to follow his weird muse unbridled by either commercial interest or fan expectations. In the past eight years, he recorded numerous jazz albums under different aliases, collaborated with J Dilla on <I>Champion Sound</I>, recorded a broken-beat album under the moniker DJ Rels, reworked both the Blue Note and Trojan catalogs, linked up with MF Doom for <I>Madvillainy</I> and recorded two widely acclaimed instrumental hip-hop albums. Madlib continues to push boundaries. - Sam Chennault